Ticket holder and punch



y 1932- o. c. HEINEMANN 1,8563% TICKET HOLDER AND PUNCH Filed March 19, 1930 i FL Patented May 3, 1932 PATENT OFFICE OTTQ -C. HEINEMANN, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN TICKET HOLDER AND PUNCH 7 Application filed March 19, 1930. Serial No. 437,085.

The invention relates to a combination ticketholder and punch.

The object of the invention is to provide a combination ticket holder and punch of very simple but efiicient construction and consisting of but few parts that will not readily get out of order. More particularly,

the present invention provides a punch in which the male member thereof is secured to or formed integral with the body of the holder and the female member of said punch is formed in a plate hinged to the body of the holder. The advantages of this construction are that the ticket may be punched at any point without any difliculty, is always adequately supported during the punching operation by the support of the ticket over a wide area, and the hinge serves as a guide for the ticket during the punching operation and prevents any possibility of the punch taking out a bigger bite than it is designed for. Furthermore, the punching operation is readily accomplished by the operator using one hand while the holder is in suspended position on the operators person, the ticket and the movable member of the punch being grasped at the same time to bring the ticket into punching relation with the relative fixed male die.

A further'object of the invention is to provide certain improvements in the holder whereby a pack of tickets may be readily secured thereto and whereby the operator may press up the free ends of the tickets to assist in tearing off the topmost ticket from the pack.

The invention further consists in the several features hereinafter set forth and more 4.0 particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a device embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a detail view of a portion of a punched ticket;

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a View of the two parts forming the body and punch of the device in their blanked out form.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 6 designates the holder, which is formed from a blank of suitable sheet metal, as shown in Fig. 5, into the holder shown in Fig. 1 by bending up the side portions 7 and the ears 8 to receive the pack 9 of tickets therebetween. While this pack of tickets may be secured to the holder at its forward end, in any suitable manner, a simple way to accomplish this is to provide a wire 10 secured to and extendingbetween the ears 8 and slipping this wire betweensome of the lowermost tickets to a position in the region of the stapled end of the tickets and beyond the scored lines 11 thereof, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The

holder also preferably is provided with an ear 12 at its front end, having an opening 13 for receiving a suitable fastening device whereby the holder may be hung from a part of the .operators clothing and a finger opening 14 is also preferably .providedin the holder adjacent its lower end so that the operator may press up the freeends of the tickets to assist him in getting hold of the foremost ticket of the pack so that he may tear it off along the .scored or indented line portion 11.

The punch includes a male member 15, preferably of'triangular shape, to .cut a notch 1-6 out of the side of theticket at any desired point or through any desired denomination, as for example, the number 60, as shown in Fig. 2. This member 15 may be secured to the main body or base 17 of the holder, but is preferably formed integral therewith and punched out with the remainder of the holder blank, as shown in Fig. 5. In forming this member the :same is curved or bent upwardly, for reasons hereinafter set forth. On opposite sides of the member 1.5, rearwardly extending lugs 18 are formed in the blank and these are bent around to provide hinges 19 for the pintle or hinge pin 20.

The punch also includes a female member 2-1 which is in the form of a flat plate of suitable sheet metal having a punching recess 22 cooperating with the male member 15 and provided with lugs 23 on opposite hinged relationship and sides of said recess, as shown in Fig. 5, which are thereafter bent around to provide hinges 24 for the hinge pin 20, said hinges 24 being disposed on said pin between the member 15 and the hinges 19.

The mating edges 25 and 26 of the punch members are cut straight during the blank forming operation and are designed to closely interfit when the parts are in assembled,

do not require sharpening. I

lVith the construction above described all that is necessary for punching theticket is to place the same upon the plate 21 in a position where the denomination to be punched is under the male member 15 and with the edge of the ticket held against the hinge asva guide the operator with one hand swings the plate 21 and one of the tickets 9 thereon upwardly, thereby causing the ticket to be moved between the cooperative members 15 and 21 of the punch to cut out a portion of the ticket in the form of the notch 16, the member 21 being curved upwardly so as to make a shearing cut on the ticket as it is carried against the same by the plate 21. It will be noted that in this construction the cut is made fromthe outer edge of the ticket or check inwardly and that as a consequence both sides of the notch are clearly out As the plate offers considerable support for the ticket on either side of the punching recess 22, the ticket may be cut at any point with a clean cut and without tearing, even though only one side of the ticket is supported, as may occur when punching the ticket close to the corners thereof.

i The device is shown as used in connection with lunchcounter tlckets, but it may also be used in punching other checks, such as receipts for railroad cash fares and other kinds of tickets or checks so that by the use of the term ticket I do not intend to be limited punching member associated with the holder and disposed between the hinges, said plate having a punching recess therein cooperating with said punching member.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature. OTTO C. HEINEMANN.

cept insofar as such details are included in the claims.

i What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a combined ticket holder and punch, the combination with thebody of the holder, of a member hingedly connected to an edge of said body and provided with a punching recess, said member adapted to receive a ticket thereon, and a punch extending from the edge of said body and cooperating with said member to cut out a portion of the ticket as said member is turned on its hinge.

2. In a combined ticket holder and punch, the combination with the body of the holder, of a punching member extending from one end thereof and curved upwardly, a plate hingedly connected to the same end of said body and provided with a punchingrecess between its hinged connections with said 

